Clothesline holder



' Dec. 21, i948.

J. WALDHEIM CLOTHESLINE HOLDER 5 Sheets-$heet 1 Original Filed Dec. 5, 1938 INVENTOR.

J.- WALDHEIM CLOTHESLINE HOLDER Dec. 21, 1948.

, 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed Dec. 5, 1958 mmvrox.

Dec. 21, 1948. J. WALDHEIM CLOTHESLINE HOLDER 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Original Filed Dec. 5, 1958 I N V EN TOR.

Patented Dec. 21, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENTVOFFICE CLOTHESLINE HOLDER John Waldheim, Elizabeth, N. J.

Original application December 5, 1938, Serial No. 243,955. Divided and this application January 5, 1944, Serial No. 517,288

22 Claims. 1

This invention relates to improvements in pulley clothes line holders or spacer and is a division of my application Ser. No. 414,665, filed October 11, 194 which has matured into Patent No. 2,393,490, and this application which is a division of my application No. 243,955, filed December 5, 1938, now Patent 2,292,415, dated August 11, 1942.

Features of the invention relate to novel means for gripping one of the reaches of the clothes line, and means to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the reaches.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings, which form part of the specification:

Figs. 1 and 2 are front and end elevations, respectively, of one type of holder or spacer;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Figs. 4 and 5 are front and end elevations, respectively, of a modification of the type of holder shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on the line 6-5 of Fig. 4;

Figs. '7 and 8 are front and end elevations, respectively, of another modification of the. holder shown in Fig. 1;

Figs. 9 and 10 are horizontal sections taken on the lines 9-9 and III-Ill, respectively, of Fig. 7;

Figs. 11 and 12 are front and end elevations, respectively, of still another modification of the type of holder shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 13 is a horizontal section taken on the line lit-I3 of Fig. 11; and

Figs. 14 to 17 are views of two further modifications of the types of holders shown in Figs. 1 and 11. I

Similar reference characters represent similar parts throughout the specification.

The holder or spacer I20 shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 is provided with a roller 58h to rotate on a spindle 51h secured to an upwardly projecting extension I2I of the body part 56h, said extension being reinforced by a rib I22 pressed rearwardly therefrom. The holder is illustrated for use on an ordinary pulley clothes line having two reaches namely a lower, clothes carrying reach 34h and an upper, idle reach 35h, said reaches forming part of a loop supported at opposite ends by pulleys, not shown.

Guard fingers or keepers 'IIh are located one on each side of the extension I2 I. They project forwardly from the body part 56h and then up- 159a. Maintaining of the holder in its vertical wardly into overlapping relation, as seen in Fig. 2, with the forward flange 60h of the roller 58h, to thus prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the reach h while the holder is in a vertical position on the clothes line. As seen in Fig. 1, the upwardly extending portions of the fingers 'I I h are diagonally disposed with reference to the body part 56h of the holder, or in other words, they extend outwardly away from each other to form, with the roller 58h, diagonal pas sage ways 59h which together form a bent slot through which the reach 35h may be passed to attach the holder to, or detach it from said reach, it being necessary to diagonally dispose the reach 35h and the holder with reference to each other in Fig. 1, first to one side of the roller 58h and to the opposite side, in order to pass the reach 35h through one of the passage Ways 59h and then through the other. In this form of holder the flange 60h is the same size as the other flange 6012* at the rear of the roller 58h.

Means Slh is provided to secure the holder to the lower reach 35h. In this form of holder said means includes a single hook 63h to support the reach 34h. Said hook is bent up from the lower end of the body part 56h and is provided at its upper, free end with two, diagonally disposed guard members or keepers 81h to extend over the reach 34h and thus prevent accidental detachment of the latter from the holder. Said members 61h function also, in cooperation with the lower or curved portion of the hook 63, to form a bight 66h in the reach 34h to thus cause the holder I20 to travel with said reach. Still another function of the gripping means 6Ih in cooperation with the reach 34h, which is in a taut condition, is to keep the holder vertical to the reach 34h and thus prevent accidental movement of the upper reach 35h through the slots position also prevents it from getting into a position in which the forward extension of either keeper I III. may cooperate with roller 58h to press against or bind on the upper reach 35h. The inclined edges 68h of the guard members 61h facilitate movement of the reach 34h past said guard members while it is being inserted from above into the hook 63h.

The lower end of the body part 56h of the holder is cut away at its side edges, as seen at I2 3 in Fig. 1, to form a downwardly pointing tapered portion I24. The sideedges I23 form with the keepers 61h passageways I23a, which together form a bent slotas seen in Fig. 3, through which the reach 34h may be passed into or out of the hook 63h. In order to remove the reach from the hook a portion of the reach 34h and the holder may be diagonally positioned with reference to each other in Fig. 3 so that the reach 34 is clear .of the guard member 61h at one side of the holder, after which the reach 34 may be moved upwardly past said guard member partly free of the gripping means M h. -This operation is then repeated at the opposite side of the holder to completely remove the reach 3th from the gripping means. By a similar manipulation of the reach 34h and holder I28 said reach may be inserted into the gripping means Slh. vThe reach 34h may also be inserted into the hook Blh by first placing the reach in anotch I24a,,Fig. 2, and

then pushing it downwardly past the keepers 61h.

In the holder I25 shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 the guard fingers or keepers l I i, which cooperate with the roller '5811 to prevent accidental detachment of said holderfrom the reach 352, are formed on a separate piece 425 of material having lips I 2,! to embrace and firmlygrip the side edges of the ow/@ 5 The hook 632' of the securing means Eli, at the lflwer endof the holder 125,;is also bent up from the lower end of the tapered portion I242 of the bo y part 562', but the guard members or keepers 57ft, which prevent accidental detachment of the reach from the holder I25 and also cooperate with th curved portion of hook 632' to form the bi-ght fifii in the reach 342', are bent up from-the tapered portion 4242' thus providing a strong structural support for the guard membersfi'li. The gu rd members 612' are diagonally disposed with reference t0- the reach 34 Fig. 6, and form with .the .upper free end of the hook 53, passage ways I-.;2 2i through which the reach 342' maybe moved verticallywhile inserting said reach into or removingit from the hook 632. The keepers 672 are bent up from opposite sides of the down wardly pointin tapered portion I247 of the body part 569'. which is similar llo the portion I 24 of the holder IZIlof Fig. 1.

The holder I313 shown in Figs. '7 to Sinclusive is similarto the one shOWn in Fi 4,.the securing means 557', being identical with that of holder I25, and the various corresponding parts are indi-' cated by the same reference characters with the substitution of the letter 7 for the letter i. The

rolle 581st h upp r end. of t hold r I313, ro-. tates on a spindle 51 i, which is supported at its rear end by the body liiiyf, its forward. end being supported by .a portion or tongue I ,3I bent from the upper end of said body part to extend over the r roller "587', and then downwardly in front of'the roller 587' to receive the forward end of the shaft The extension .I3I is provided at its lower end with two keepers or fingers Hi which project rearwardly and under the reach 35?;as seen in Fig. ,8. The fingers Hg present stop faces which are arranged at right angles to the body part and they cooperate with a narrow portion IZIzr of said body part and with the tongue I 3! to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the reach 359'. The body part 567 has cut-outs I32 one at each side thereof to form the narrow portion I32zr which cooperates with the rearwardly extending portions of fingers 7 If to provide passage ways 587 which together form a bentslot, see Fig. 9 also, through which the reach'357' may be passed while attaching the holder I30 to or detaching it from the reach 357. This attaching of the holder to or detaching'it from the upper reach is done in successive stages by placing the holder successively in two positions diagonally of the reach which is effected by moving the holder about its vertical axis first to one side and then to the other to align the ends of the bent slot successively with the upper reach so that the reach may be passed first through one end of the slot and then through the other end. The narrow portion 532m of the body part 56 may be reeniorced by a rib [2211' pressed rearwardly therefrom to prevent bending of said narrow portion lei-x.

The holder I35, shown in Figs. 11 to 13 inclusive, has features similar to those of other holders above described and especially those of the holder 1.25, Fig. 4. "The body 5576 of the holder is provided with intermediate means or body members I38, at its sides, which are bent up at the side edges of the body part 56k and serve as reenforcing members therefor so that the holder may be made of comparatively thin sheet metal. Guards or keepers iIk, are formed by the upper ends Offl'lflbOdY or zreenforcing members I36. These keepers ilk present stop faces which are located in a plane extending at right angles to the body part 56% and cooperatewith an enlarged flan e 6% on the front oi the roller 58k, to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the reach 35?: on which the roller 58k runs. Guards :liic form with flange 60k slots 59k through which the reach 3571: may be passed, to or from the roller EiBZgby bending said reach or by manipulating theholder in a manner similar to that described in connection with the holder E29, Fig :1. The roller 58k is supported on a spindle 57k, secured to a narrow extension I 2 170 of the body-part 56k, which isreenforced by a rib I22Ic to strengthenit. Guards or keepers 6170 form the lower extremities of the reenforcing members I35 and cooperate with the hook 63k to form the bi-ght in the-associated reach 34k.

. The. holder I45, illustrated in Figs, 14. and 15, is in some respect like the holder I35 of Fig. 11, and in other respects like the holder I38 shown in Figs. 9 and 10. It may be used for the same purpose as those previously described. Its roller 58m runs :on ,aspindle 51m supported by the body part 55m and an extension or tongue I3 Im thereoi. Theextension or tongue I3Im in the present holder cooperates, at its lower end, with the guards film formed at the upper end of the reenforcing members I 36222, which aresimilar to the members I35 of holder I 35 and also include horizontal stopp ng faces, to prevent accidental cletachment of the holder from the reach 35m. The lower end of the extension I3Im forms with said guards slots 59m which together form a bent slot through which the reach ,may be passed, by bending it or manipulating it in a manner similar to thatdescribed in connection withFig. '1. The securing means 6Im for attaching the'holder M5 tothe lower reach of the line is similar to that shown in Figs. 4 and 11, the various parts-oi the securing means having the same reference characters applied thereto except that in some instances the letter m has beensubstituted for the letters h and hand in one instance the letter m-has been added to the numeral 53$. d

It will be observed that the holder I 35 has a downwardly pointed portion I 24m ofthe body part,--sim-ilar-to those portions I24 and I241 shown in Figs. 1 and 4 respectively, from the lower narrow endof which'the hook 63m extends, and that the reenforcing members I36, the lower ends 61711 of which serve as guards or keepers, are bent.

The holder I50, shown in Figs. 16 and 17 is also provided with reenforcing members I36n, the lower ends 6112 of which cooperate with the hook 63n to form the securing means 6 In, as in Figs. 11 and 14. The upper ends I In of the reenforcing member I36n also have horizontal faces which cooperate with a downwardly projecting extension or tongue I3In to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the reach 35n. In the present form of the invention the spindle 5In, upon which the roller 58n rotates, is of extraordinary length and is floatingly supported by the body part 5611. and the extension I3 In for a purpose stated hereinafter.

To attach the holder I50 to the reach 3511 the bent ofl lip I5l is placed over the reach 35n, as in Fig. 17, and the holder is then pulled downwardly causing the tongue I3In to spring outwardly to the position shown in broken lines while the reach 35n passes by the guard members or keepers I In at the upper edges of the reenforcing members I36n. It will be seen by an inspection of Fig. 17 that the lower end of the tongue I3In extends downwardly and rearwardly towards the members Mn and consequently if for any reason the reach 35n works downwardly it is guided by said tongue I'3I onto the guard members I In and thus accidental detachment of the reach from said holder is prevented.

To detach the reach 35n from said holder I50 the latter may be pressed rightwardly in Fig. 1'7 while the reach is near the upper edges of the members I36n. Thus the tongue I3I engages the reach 3511 and is sprung thereby to the position indicated in dot-and-dash lines. may then be moved upwardly until the members I In pass the reach 35n. The securing means BIn on the lower end of the holder I50 is constructed and used like that of holder I35, Fig. 11; the various parts thereof having the same reference characters with the addition of letter n instead of It.

An advantage of the extraordinary length of spindle 5111 is that it permits not only the extension I3In and body part 56n to spring as in Fig. 17, but it also permits a slight springing of the horizontal portion I52 of the extension I3In thus permitting greater freedom of movement of the vertical portion of the extension I3I'n away from the body part 5Bn. This resilient yielding of the portions of the extension and body part located above the spindle cannot take place in a structure similar to that shown in Fig. in which the vertical portion of the extension I3Im and the body part 56m are definitely fixed by the length of the spindle 5111.

It will be understood that all of the holders I25, I30, I and I are held vertical to the lower reach of the clothes line in a manner and for the purpose brought out in connection with the holder I20.

All corners with which the reaches come in contact, in all forms of the invention, are broken or in other words rounded to prevent chafing of said reaches.

While certain preferred embodiments of the invention have been described, it will be understood that certain parts may be used with others and that changes in the form, arrangement, proportions, sizes and details thereof may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having The holder a clothes carrying'reach and an idle reach, the combination of a single body part having two substantially parallel side edges, 9, single roller mounted on the upper end of said body part and located at the front of said body part to run on the idle reach, two reenforcing members, one on each side edge of said body part, said reenforcing members extending forwardly from the side edges of the body part, the upper ends of said reenforcing members assisting to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the idle reach, and hook-means located at the lower end and the front end of said body part into which a clothes carrying reach may be inserted, the lower ends of said reenforcing members cooperating with said hook-means to form a bight in the clothes carrying reach, the lower ends of said members being also effective to prevent accidental detachment of the clothes carrying reach from said hook-means.

2. In a holder for a pulley clothes line consisting of two reaches, the combination of a single body part having parallel sides, means at one end of said body part and within the confines of said body part widthwise thereof for securing said holder to one reach of the clothes line, said means including a hook extending from said body part to the front thereof to support the line reach, and two diagonally disposed members on said body part cooperating with said hook to maintain said holder in a vertical position with respect to said reach and also prevent accidental detachment thereof from said reach, said diagonally disposed members forming with said body part a bent slot through which said reach may be passed downwardly at one side of the body part into said hook,

a roller on said holder to facilitate freedom of transit of said holder on another reach of said line, and means to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the last mentioned reach while the holder is in a vertical position, the last mentioned means forming with said roller a bent slot having two portions through which the second mentioned reach may be passed in two stages to attach the holder thereto or detach it therefrom upon moving the holder from its vertical position successively to two other positions diagonal to the second mentioned reach, thus properly locate the bent portions of the slot with respect to the second mentioned reach.

3. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having an upper reach and a lower reach, the combination of a single vertically disposed body part, a single member on the lower end of said body part to engage the lower reach of the clothes line to support the latter, lower portions on said holder having means to cooperate with said member to provide gripping means to engage said lower reach to cause said holder to travel with said lower reach and to maintain said holder vertical to and in a plane parallel to the clothes line, a single roller on the upper end of said body part to ride on the upper reach of the clothes line, upper portions on said holder located beneath said roller to prevent accidental detachment of the upper reach from the upper part of said holder while the latter is under the control of the gripping means, said upper portions being located with reference to the roller to form a bent slot 50 that the upper reach may be attached to or detached from the upper end of the holder in two successive stages upon placing the holder successively in two positions diagonal of the clothes line.

4. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having a plurality of travelling reaches, the combination of a body part, means to grip one of the reaches whichsaid associated reach maybe passed to or from the gripping means.

5; In a holder for a pulley clothes line having a plurality of travelling reaches, the combination of a body part, means to grip one of the reaches to cause the holder to travel therewith, and transit means on said holder to travel on another one of said reaches, the gripping means comprising a hook bent forward from the lower part of the body part, and two keepers one at each side edge of the body part, said keepers being bent forward from the body part and extending over the reach located in the hook, said keepers having lower ends which are located in a plane above the lower part of the hook a distance slightly less than the diameter of the reach to produce with the hook a bight in said reach.

6. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having two reaches, namely a lower reach and an upper reach to travel simultaneously in opposite directions, the combination of a single body part, a single roller thereon to travel on the upper reach, a single hook to engage under the lower reach, said roller being located vertically above said hook, keepers on said holder one at each side of said hook to extend over the top of the lower reach and cooperate with the hook to grip said lower reach, two keepers on said holder 'near the upper end of the body part, one at each side edge thereof, and means cooperating with the upper keepers to prevent accidental detachment of the upper reach from the roller, the hook and its associated keepers-cooperating with the lower reach to maintain said holder in a vertical position and thus prevent it from voluntarily occupying a position in which either one of the upper keepers binds on said upper reach.

7. In a holder for a pulley :clothes line'having two reaches, namely a lower reach and an upper reach to travel simultaneously in opposite directions, the combination of a body part, a, single roller on said body part near its upper end thereon to travel on the upper reach, said body part having at its lower end a downwardly pointing tapered portion, an upwardly turned hook extending from the lower, narrow end of said tapered portion, said hook to support the lower reach, and keepers on said holder one located at each side of said hook and extending over said. lower reach to prevent accidental dislodgement of the lower reach from said hook, said keepers cooperating with said hook to grip the lower reach to cause the holder to travel therewith."

S. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having two reaches, namely a lower reach and an upper reach to travel simultaneously in opposite directions, the combination of a single body part, a single roller on said body part to travel on the upper reach, an upturned hook extending from the lower end of said body part to support the lower reach, and two keepers on said holder, said keepers diverging outwardly with respect to each other from their supported ends to extend over the lower reach when in said hook, said keepers 8 assistingin forming a bent slot at one side of the holder through which the lower reach may be inserted into said hook directly from thetop of said hook, said keepers cooperating with said hook to grip the lower reach to cause the holder to travel therewith.

9. A holder for a pulley clothes line having two reaches, namely a lower reach and an upper reach to travel simultaneously in opposite directions, said holder being composed of a. single vertically disposed .body part, a single roller on the upper end of said body part to travel on the upper reach, an upturned hook extending from the lower middle portion of said body part to support t-he lovrer reach, and two keepers on said body part one at each side edge thereof and located at opposite sides of said hook, said keepers extending over the lower reach when the latter is in said hook and forming with said hook a bent slot through which the lower reach may be passed downwardly into said hook, said keepers-having lower edges which are located at a common plane in a level above the bottom of said hook a distance slightly less than the diameter of the reach to produce a bight in the lower reach, said keepers being also effective to prevent accidental removal of the reach from said hook.

1D. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having two reaches to travel in opposite directions, namely an upper reach and a lower reach, the combination of a body part, means on the lower end of said body part to support the lower reach, a roller supported on the upper end of said body part to run on the upper reach, a tongue extending from the upper end of the body part over said roller then downwardly in front of said roller to a level below the lower end of the roller, and-two rigidmernbers integral with said holder one at each side of said tongue and free there from but cooperating with thelower end of said tongue to permit insertion of the upper reach to said roller and to prevent accidental detachment of said holder from said upper reach.

11. In' a 'ho'lderfor a pulley clothes line having two reaches to travel in opposite directions, namely anupper reach and a lower reach, the combination of a body part, means on the lower end of said body part to support the lower reach, a roller supported on the upper end of said body part to run on the upper reach, a tongue extending from the upper end of the body part over said roller and then downwardly in front of said roller, side members one at each side of the body part, the upper ends of said side members forming with the lower end of said tongue a bent slot through which the upper reach may be passed to or from the roller, the lower ends of the side members cooperating with the supporting means to grip the lower reach.

12; In a holder for a pulley clothes line having two reaches to travel in opposite directions, namely an upper reach and a lower reach, the combination of a body part, means on the lower end of said body part to support thelower reach, a

' roller to run on the upper reach, a tongue extending from said body part over said rollerand downwardly at the front thereof, a pin to support said roller, said pin being supported at one end by the body part and at its other end by said tongue, two members one on each side of the body part, said members cooperating withsaid tongue'and said body part to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the 'upperreac'h, said pin being slightly longer than thespace between thetongue and thebody part to permit 9 flexing of said tongue and theupper portion of the body part when the lower part of said tongue is moved outwardly during an insertion of the upper reach to said roller.

13. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having an upper reach and a lower reach, said reaches to travel simultaneously in opposite directions, the combination of a single body part, a single upturned hook bent from the lower end of said body part, two members bent from said body part at opposite sides of said hook to form a bent slot with said hook, said slot being located at the same side of the holder to which the hook extends so that the lower reach may readily be inserted through said slot into said hook, said members being also effective to form with said hook, a bight in said lower reach, to cause said holder to travel with it, and means on said holder to engage the upper reach of the line.

14. A holder for a pulley clothes line having an upper reach and a lower'reach, said reaches to travel simultaneously in opposite directions,

said holder consisting of a single body part, means 10 ofsaid roller, a pin to support said roller, said pin being supported by said body part and said tongue, and rigid means on said holder, said rigid means having a stopping face located in a plane extending substantially at right angles to the body part and cooperating with the free end of said tongue and with said body part to prevent accidental detachment of the spacer from the last mentioned reach, said pin being longer than on the lower end of said body part to grip the lower reach to cause the holder to travel with it and prevent accidental detachment of said holder from said lower reach, a roller on the upper end of said holder to run on said upper reach, two guards on said body part to assist in preventing accidental detachment of the holder from the upper reach, said guards being arranged one to each side of a vertical plane extending longitudinally of the holder through the axis of said roller, and means on said holder located between said guards to cooperate therewith in preventing accidental detachment of the holder from said upper reach.

15. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having two reaches, the combination of a single body part, a single roller on the upper end of said body part to run on one of said reaches, hook-means at the lower end of said body part to engage the other reach, intermediate substantially parallel members on the opposite sides of the body part,

said members being located between the roller and a the hook-means, the ends of said members nearest the roller assisting to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the reach engaged by the roller, the ends of said members nearest said hook-means being arranged to cooperate therewith to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the second mentioned reach.

16. In a spacer for a pulley clothes line, having two reaches, the combination of a single narrow body part, means within. the confines of said body part and at one end thereof to engage one of said reaches, a roller on the other end of and in front of said body part to engage the other reach, a tongue extending from said body part to the front of said roller, a pin to support said roller, said pin being supported by said body part and said tongue, and rigid means on said holder, said rigid means having a stopping face located in a plane extending substantially at right angles to the body part and cooperating with the free end of said tongue and with said body part to prevent accidental detachment of the spacer from the last mentioned reach.

17. In a spacer for a pulley clothes line having two reaches, the combination of a single narrow body part, means within the confines of said body part and at one end thereof to engage one of said reaches, a roller on the other end of and in front of said body part to engage the other reach, a tongue extending from said body part to the front the space between the tongue and the body part to'permit flexing of said tongue and a portion of the body part when the free end of said tongue is moved outwardly to permit passage of the reach from the exterior of said spacer to said roller.

18. In a spacer for a pulley clothes line having two reaches, namely a clothes carrying reach and an idle reach, the combination of a single narrow body part, means within the confines of said body part and at the lower end thereof to grip the 1 clothes carrying reach, a roller on the other end of and in front of said body part to engage the idle reach, a tongue extending from said body part to the front of said roller, said tongue having a free end extending below the lower edge of said roller, a pin to support said roller, said pin being supported by said body part and said tongue, and rigid means on said holder, said rigid means having a stopping face located in a plane extending substantially at right angles to the body part and beneath the free end of said tongue to cooperate with the latter and with said body part to prevent accidental detachment of the spacer from the idle reach. v

19. In a spacer for a pulley clothes line having two reaches, namely a clothes carrying reach and an idle reach, the combination of a single narrow body part, means within the confines of said body part and at the lower end thereof to grip the clothes carrying reach, a roller on the other end of and in front of said body part to engage the idle reach, a tongue extending from said body part to the front of said roller, said tongue having a free end extending below the lower edge of said roller, a pin to support said roller, said pin being supported by said body part and said tongue, and rigid means on said holder, said rigid means having a stopping face located in a plane extending substantially at right angles to the body part and beneath the free end of said tongue to cooperate with the latter and with said body part to prevent accidental detachment of the spacer from the idle reach, said pin being longer than the space between the tongue and the body part to permit flexing of said tongue and a portion of the body part when the free end of said tongue is moved outwardly to permit passage of the idle reach from the exterior of said spacer to said roller.

20. In a spacer for a pulley clothes line having two reaches, the combination of a single narrow body part, means within the confines of said body part and at one end thereof to engage one of said reaches, a roller on the other end of and in front of said body part to engage the other reach, a tongue extending from said body part to the front of said roller, a pin to support said roller, said pin being supported by said body part and said tongue, rigid means on said holder, said rigid means having a stopping face located in a plane extending substantially at right angles to the body part and cooperating with the free end of said tongue and with said body part to prevent accidental detachment of the spacer from the last mentioned reach, said pin being longer than the space between the tongue and the body part to permit flexing of said tongue and a portion of the body part when the free end of said tongue is moved outwardly to permit passage ofthe-reach from the exterior of said spacer to said roller, the reach engaging means being-also rigid and including a hook member extending from the body part around under the associated reach,. and two members, one at each side of' the .body part, each of the latter members having asubstantially horizontal face to engage the upper part of :the clothes carrying reach so as to form. with said hook a bight in said clothes carrying. reach to thus cause the spacer to travel therewith. 21-. In a spacer for a pulley clothes line having an upperreach and a lower reach, said' reaches being arranged to travel in opposite directions, the combination of two elements namely a single narrow body part, and a roller thereon to ride on the upper reach, one of said. elements having a portion extending lengthwise of said spacer, a single member in the middle of the lower end of said single body part to support the lower reach, two members one at each side of said single memher and within the confines of said bodypart, said two members having each a horizontal face engaging the upper part of the lower reach and cooperating with said single member to grip said lower reach to maintain the spacer vertical to the line, and means on said spacer including a horizontal stopping face to cooperate with the lengthwise extending portion to prevent accidental, detachment of the spacer from the upper reach while the spacer is held Vertical to said line.

22. In a holder for a pulley clothes line having two reaches to travel in opposite directions, the combinationof a body part, means on the lower endof thebo'dy'part' totgrip the lower reach tov cause the holder to traveltherewith, a rollersupported on the upper end of the body part to run ontthe upper'reach, a tongue-like portion extend-- ingrover the top ofsaid roller'from the body part.

and downwardlyat thefront ofsaid roller, said bodypart having a narrow portion located lower than the roller. toformtwo cut-outs one in each side-edge of the-body'part, and two members on bent: slot with said narrow portion throughwhich.

slot'the upper reach may be passed to and from said roller.

JOHN

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